Base for casket emblems



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Application led November 22, 1922. Serial No. 602,668. l

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JULIUs A. HEINZ, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pesotum, in the kcountyofChampaign and State ofiIllinois, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bases for Casket Emblems of which the following is aspicication.V

The present invention relates to a base for attachment to the lid ofaVb-urial casket and designed to support a crucifix or, in fact anyemblematic device which it may be desired to mountupon the said lid.Ordinarily, cask'ets of the designs mostr commonly in use at the'presenttime, have lids which are transversely rounded or bulged. and where anattempt is made to afiix directly to such a lid a crucifix or otheremblematic device, it is frequently found that 2o this cannot be donesuccessfully for the reason that some portions of the device will bespaced above the surface of the casket lid thus presenting an unsightlyappearance. Therefore, the present invention has as its primary objectto provide a base adapted to be applied to the lid of a casket and toconform to the curved contour of the lid, the upper surface of the base,how? ever, being flat so as to provide a suitable supporting surface forthe crucifix or other emblematic device.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of one formof base embodying` the invention ap* plied to a casket lid of roundedcontour and supporting a crucifix;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the base andthe crucifix supported thereon;

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the.structure shown in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a modification of theinvention.

The form of base illustrated in the drawings is designed essentially forthe support of a crucifix and by its use undertakers are enabled toattach Crucifixes of various sizes and designs to a casket lidregardless of the 50 curved or bulged contour thereof. I-Iowever, theinvention is not restricted to a base of this particular design andintended for this particular use, inasmuch as other forms of bases maybe provided for the sup port of the emblematic devices of fraternalorders, and the like.V V

Inthat form of the invention shown Figures l, 2 and 3 of the drawings,the base andthe base embodying.l the Vinvention .is

indicated in general. by the numeral 2, and comprises a standard portion3 .which corresponds to the standard of the cross ofthe crucifixindicated Vin general by the numeral t, the crucifix l compris ing theusual body i'epresentative of the cross and supporting the image 6. Inaddition to the standard 3, the base 2 comprises laterally extendingbranches or arms 7 which correspond to the arms or cross beam of thecross. In this embodiment of the invention both of these parts areformed from sheet metal and they may be integrally formed or formedseparately and suitably united. For example, the standard 3 may comprisea top portion 8, depending side portions 9, and depending end portions10. If the casket lid 1 is curved only from side to side, the loweredges of the sides 9 and ends l0 of the standard ofthe base may occupy asubstantially common plane parallel to the top portion 8, as thecurvature of the lid is, at its central portion, of no considerabledegree. The arms 7 of the oruciform body of the base are ofsubstantially the same construction as the standard and comprise a topportion l1, depending side portions 12, and depending ends 13. However,the lower edges of the sides 12 are of arcuate form as illustratedclearly in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, to adapt them to snuglycontact the transversely curved upper surface of the casket lid. Inassembling the standard and the cross piece 7, the sides of the standardare cut away from their lower edges to the plane Y of the under side ofthe top portion 8, as indicated by the numeral 14, and the cross piece 7is disposed Within the recesses thus formed and is welded or otherwisepermanently united to the standard 2. In order that the base, and thecrucifix applied thereto and supported thereon, may be secured to thecasket lid, the standard 2 of the base and the arms or` cross piece 7are formed in their top portions 8 and 1l', respectively, with openings15 for the passage of securing elements such as nails or screws 16,these elements being also secured through thefextremities of the cross 5of the crucilix as shown in Figure 2.

K It will be understood, ofcourse, that the base may be made of anysuitable metal, and if desired, enameled, or otherwise nished in keepingwith the finish of the'casket to which it is to be applied, and whilethe form above described is especially designed for attachment tometallicor metal sheathed caskets, it may be applied to caskets of woodor other imate'rial; However', Where `the casket is of Wood it will nodoubt'be found desirable to make use lof the modified structure shown inFigure 4, in which ligure the the cruciiiX might be made of the form ofthe base shown in either Figs. 2 and 3 or Fig. et, and the image mightbe subsequently at tached thereto or initially attachedY to or formedintegrally thereon.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

A support for a casket emblem having an outline corresponding to theoutline of the emblem to be supported and consisting of intersectingmembers having flat tops and having depending elements at their sidesand ends to rest directly on the top of a casket, the bottom surfaces ofthose depending elements which extend longitudinally of the supportbeing rectilinear and the bottom surfaces of those elements which extendtransversely of the support being concave to rest upon the arched top ofthe casket in contact therewith through their entire length, the supportbeing further provided with openings to receive fastening elementswhereby to secure an emblem to the support and the support to the top ofthe casket.

`In testimony whereof I aiX my signature.

J ULIUS A. HEINZ. [L. s]

